BEACH BREATHING: Sonja Daniel wore a gas mask while sunbathing on a beach at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Baldwin County, Ala., Sunday. Cleanup crews are removing tar balls from the shoreline as managers prepare to construct dunes to protect the area. (Kate Mercer/Mobile Press Register/Associated Press)

EMPTY CHAIR: The chair of Hearst reporter Helen Thomas, 89, sat empty front and center in the White House briefing room Monday. She retired after coming under fire for controversial comments. She apologized Friday for her statement. (Yuri Gripas/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

PLANT PLAN: Pictures of PT Astra Daihatsu car assembly plant employees were arranged according to their schedules at the factory in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday. The firm’s 2010 vehicle sales are rising to record levels. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

ON DUTY: A police officer stood guard during the South Korean World Cup soccer team’s training session in Rustenburg, South Africa, Monday. (Lee Jin-man/Associated Press)

TORNADO DAMAGE: A smashed pickup truck was wedged in the rubble of the destroyed Lake Township Police Department in Ohio Monday. The tornado, part of a line of storms that tore through the Midwest over the weekend, killed at least seven people. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)

DELIVERY DENIED: A photographer stood beside wheelchairs, which were aboard Gaza-bound ships that were intercepted by Israeli forces, at a storage facility near Tel Aviv Monday. According to an Israeli Civil Administration spokesperson, Hamas has refused the transfer of the goods to the Gaza Strip. (Nir Elias/Reuters)

DISMANTLING PEPSI: Workers removed panels from a “Pepsi ball’ advertisement in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday. President Hugo Chavez’s government sees the ball as an unwanted symbol of capitalism. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

TAKING A PICTURE: A U.S. soldier took a picture from the cockpit of a military transport aircraft at Schoenefeld Airport in Berlin Monday. The ILA air show starts Tuesday. (Jens Meyer/Associated Press)

DESERT DUTY: A soldier stood guard under an umbrella near the place where Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Monday in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to discuss the situation in Gaza. (Amr Nabil/Reuters)

FEELING FAINT: A victim of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster fainted during a demonstration outside a court in the Indian city Monday. The court convicted seven people to two years in prison for their roles in the toxic-gas leak that killed an estimated 15,000 people. The convicted were also ordered to pay a fine of $2,175 each. (Raj Patidar/Reuters)

SHOT SHY: A child looked at a syringe being filled with a vaccine, which is administered along with polio drops, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Monday. (Rahmat Gul/Associated Press)

FACTORY GIRL: An employee worked on a threading machine at Su Yin Denim Co. in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, China, Monday. The factory, which has some 200 workers, produces denim for jeans that are exported to the U.S. and Europe. (Aly Song/Reuters)

SURVEYING THE SCENE: Iraqi soldiers secured a Baghdad shopping area where a car bomb exploded Monday, killing at least three people. Elsewhere, at least seven people were killed in acts of violence. (Karim Kadim/Associated Press)

SELLING WATER: A street vendor pushed a water cart in New Delhi Monday. India’s annual water consumption is expected to nearly double by 2050. (Tengku Bahar/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

IN FIGHTING FORM: Japanese Prime Minister-elect Naoto Kan, center, raised his fist as he and Democratic Party lawmakers shouted “Let’s Fight” during a legislative meeting in Tokyo Monday. The ruling party selected new leadership, clearing the way for a new cabinet and to tackle fiscal reform. (Issei Kato/Reuters)